Does it sound like this could have been an obstruction?

Obstructions are not part of my Crohn's repetoire, but if this was one..... I'd be begging for surgery than go through this again.

As I described in the other thread, I've been having problems with my BMs ever since falling ill and going into hospital. They are painful, doubled-up, groaning-with-an-impossible-to-pinpoint agony. It does come in waves... however, I never connected it with labour pains, which - never having given birth - I've never had. (Just going from Nanner's description here.)

Anyway, tonight it reached a crescendo of awfulness, beginning about midnight. I had so many agonising trips to the toilet, passing stool but only a little bit each time. At one point I laid on the bathroom floor for ages; there were a few obscenely loud gurgles in my lower right abdomen. Now, I'm used to loud gurgles but this did sound a bit like water going down a plughole.

I finished up with two vomiting bouts. Didn't think I had enough solid food left in me to bring up, but the first time I managed it... some dinner from 10 hours ago...

Even now there's still some very gurgly gurgling going on here and there, but I think the worst has passed. Fever has broken. I just feel very, very shaky. Also, bit of background info: last Monday my consultant felt my stomach and said it was bloated. He also said there were some tinkling sounds and looked a bit concerned. The next day I had an abdominal xray, which revealed apparently nothing of interest, cos there was no other follow up.

I'm seriously considering an all-liquid for a few days; my only concern is calories.

Hi NCOT. I'm sorry you've been struggling with crohns symptoms for so long. Reading your post, it does sound like it could have been an obstruction - however, given that I've never experienced it myself, and neither has my husband, I could be completely wrong.

A couple of years ago, my husband got a stomach flu that laid him pretty low - nausea, vomiting, frequent crampy diarrhea and a fever. He felt the worst the first three days, but really needed about 10 days to recover from it. Do you think you could have experienced something similar perhaps, since in addition to your gut symptoms you've been spiking fevers? BTW, my husband is also on remicade.

I hope you feel good soon.

PV

Cheers, PV and Nanners. I got the stomach flu last December and while it was brutal while it lasted, it was pretty short-lasting: 2-3 days. (I was all right after that, until I came down with the flu or a very bad cold a week later on Christmas Day >_>) Some things about that were different, namely I didn't have the freaky 'attack waves' every time I needed to go to the toilet. It also got better gradually rather than suddenly.

'Cos I was right. I do feel much better within myself today, and would doubtless feel even better if I'd managed a few hours' sleep. The fever has gone; I'm not alternating between overheating and the chills; my mind feels less foggy; and I'm not craving ice cold drinks.

@Nanners - staying on a liquid diet is what I'm doing today. Drinking fruit juices to get the calories in, but I'm still gonna fall woefully short of my daily calorie allowance :-/ But I have no hunger at all and am scared to eat solid foods atm. Like you suggested, though, I'll try to work my way back up to them over the next few days.

*hugs* and thanks :p

Just be careful with drinking nothing but fruit juice, as all the fructose etc may upset your tum if you're that way inclined.

Do you have some Marmite there? A bit of that, dissolved in hot water, might be a welcome change from the fruity sweetness. Smells foul (at least, Vegemite in water does), but it might tide you over until parents can get you some eggs and (perhaps?) some chicken to make yourself another batch of that chicken broth you tried and liked.

Hang in there, and here's to the last Metronidazole dose!!!

Ivy.

oh yeah, fever has returned, naturally.

Well, if you still aren't well and getting worse, you may have to go back.
If you do, tell them you want them to check for bowel obstruction or a stricture. That's the least they could do.
Maybe call your GI first thing in the morning and let him know your plans, he might call ahead and order tests.

I agree with Nanners and others who said it could have been/could still be a partial obstruction. I am a veteran of at least 5 of those episodes. I recently took care of it with surgery, where they found inflammation AND a stricture. Not trying to scare you but i did exactly the same as you - crawling to the bathroom, vomiting - feeling better, then bloating and drinking liquids.

I was told to stop eating broccoli, etc. It was NOT just what I was eating - as proved by my surgical results. So, whatever you have or don't have, don't give up.

Wishing you all the best...
Sudsmom